The Beasts' Breeding Dungeon 3
crawled
inside. The Overlord was still panting and he strode off to lock
the beast back up. Ava lay on the platform, feeling spent and
dirty. The drugs were beginning to wear off.
    “Thank you, Ava. That was the best afternoon
I’ve had in ages,” The Overlord said as he began to walk away. Ava
stared at his retreating figure with confusion. “Jolie will be down
momentarily to help you clean up and return to your room.” With
that he disappeared.
    Feeling like a whore, Ava was left alone on
the platform until Jolie came to collect her a few minutes later.
Over her arm was a robe and Ava nearly cried with gratefulness.
    “Oh my,” Jolie said as she helped Ava up and
wrapped the robe around her. Ava climbed slowly to her feet and
leaned against Jolie as they walked to the elevator.
    Jolie helped Ava into her room and drew a
bath. Shakily, Ava climbed in, still feeling confused. Jolie
tenderly washed her off and then Ava snapped out of it.
    “Thank you Jolie. I can manage from
here.”
    “I’ll just go sit in the room and wait for
you,” Jolie said, clearly not ready to leave Ava just yet. Ava
finished her bath and gingerly stepped out of the tub. She wrapped
herself in a towel and came into the room where she saw Jolie
admiring her gown.
    “It’s beautiful,” Jolie whispered.
    “Thank you.”
    “I wonder what it would be like. To fit in.
To be normal. To be able to live in the world.”
    Ava studied her with sadness. “I’m sorry,
Jolie. I’m sorry this is your life.”
    Jolie suddenly smiled and waved her hand.
“Don’t listen to me. I’m being foolish! Let’s get you dressed and
then I bet you could use a nap.”
    Jolie helped Ava dress in a pair of pajamas
and then helped her into bed.
    “Take these,” she whispered, pulling out two
small pills. “They will help with the pain.”
    Ava swallowed them gratefully, already
feeling the throbbing pain between her legs.
    “I’ll say you aren’t well and arrange dinner
in your room.”
    “Thank you,” Ava whispered. Jolie left Ava
and she fell into a fitful sleep, imagining gorilla-beasts and
monsters fighting over her limp body.
    ***
    A knock at the door woke Ava up and she
stumbled out of bed, realizing it must be dinnertime. To her
complete shock, Marcello stood at the door with her tray. At a loss
for words, she held the door open and allowed Marcello to set her
food up at the table.
    “Thank you,” Ava said awkwardly.
    “I want in,” Marcello said quickly.
    Ava’s head snapped up. “What?”
    “I want in on your escape plan. I know you’re
planning something.”
    Ava’s heart beat frantically. How could
Marcello know?
    “I don’t know what you’re talking about,” she
fibbed.
    “Yes you do,” he pleaded, grabbing her arm.
“Please, Ava. I’ll do anything you ask, but please take me with
you.”
    Ava shook his arm off. “I don’t
understand!”
    “Something about the other afternoon,” he
said, and his eyes filled with an unimaginable sadness. “Feeling
your lips wrapped around me and your soft hands on my body, it
stirred something in me.”
    “Marcello, please, you don’t understand.”
    Marcello laughed bitterly. “Of course I do.
You weren’t really attracted to me. You were under the influence of
the aphrodisiac and you were ordered to touch me. But it made me
want more. I’m tired of getting women just because it’s a reward. I
want a woman to want me of her own free will and it will never
happen here.”
    Ava studied Marcello carefully. For some
strange reason she believed him. She sighed. “Marcello, it was
enjoyable for me and not just because of the drugs or the fact that
I was told to do that. I find you very attractive. If I make it
back to my fiancé, I don’t know how I will explain all this to
him.” She suddenly felt extremely weary.
    “How do I know I can trust you?”
    Marcello looked at her carefully. “Let me
handle The Overlord. It will be the most dangerous job. I am his
most loyal servant. I

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